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10 Best Movies Like Dead End

If you loved Dead End, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dead End for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dead End for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#3
Thin Ice

Thin Ice

2012★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dead End for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer....

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dead End for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
Split

Split

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dead End for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young woman who takes an epic journey to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive lover. When Inanna, a young a...

#6
The Eel

The Eel

1997★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dead End for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befrien...

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